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Photo courtesy of The Bug Club The Bug Club have a very specific sound in their latest single that I'm surprised hasn't been explored previously. "How to Be a Confidante" has a very Britpop sound to the song, but instead of the highly polished sound you normally associate with the genre, this one is a more garage rock and DIY sounding version. It gives the song a grittier sound even though it's still an upbeat and bouncy sounding track. There are the roots of punk within "How to Be a Confidante," also. It's rare to find a song that is this cheery while also being this edgy. The Bug Club have created a sound that we never realized how badly we needed to hear it. You can listen to "How to Be a Confidante" below. Very Human Features is due out June 13 on Sub Pop Records, and is available for pre-order here . For more on The Bug Club, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook . Upcoming tour dates are below the song. Tue. Apr. 29 - Brugge, ...

Artist : Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Album : Woodland Quick Thoughts : Gillian Welch continues to be the standard-bearer for mainstream rootsy folk music, and this latest collaboration with David Rowlings does not have the hollow, stark feel of All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone) , but still feels pure and true regardless of what her early or persistent critics may think. If anything, Welch is too good at this, and we should simply be glad we're still getting new music from her on a regular basis again. Songs of Note : "Empty Trainload of Sky," "What We Had," "North Country," "The Day the Mississippi Died," "Howdy Howdy" Artist : Little Hag Album : Now That's What I Call Little Hag Quick Thoughts : The debut release from Little Hag, with "Tetris" and "Facebook," won us over immediately. The debut, Leash , was a favorite in these parts as well. Then comes Now That's What I Call Little H...

Image courtesy of the artist It's kind of lazy music journalism to just copy and paste a band's description from a press release, but I can't think of a better description for The Bug Club than "... Modern-Lovers-meets-Nuggets garage rock, featuring B-52's call-and-response fun mixed with AC/DC power chord grunt." If that doesn't make you want to listen to "Lonsdale Slipons," I can't imagine what would. This song is a ridiculous amount of fun and blends art rock and fun in a way that they rarely are. Personally, I hear a little more Strokes style guitar than AC/DC, but regardless "Lonsdale Slippers" is going to insert itself into your brain and singing along to "These drugs are tasty as hell / I think I'll have another" for days to come. You can listen to "Lonsdale Slipons" below. On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System is due out August 30 on Sub Pop, and is available for pre-order here . For more on T...

Photo courtesy The Bug Club Hailing from Wales, The Bug Club are the rare band that makes fast and noisy music that's actually fun. The band's latest single, "Quality Pints," is a blisteringly quick but upbeat and fun single. It might be punk, but it sounds much too fun to exactly fit that definition. Plus, it has a fairly silly sense of humor. Add to that a great guitar solo, and "Quality Pints" is a simply great song. The song clocks in at two minutes and eighteen seconds, but it somehow feels much longer. The Bug Club somehow condense an absolute epic into such a small package. You can listen to "Quality Pints" below. The single is out now via Sub Pop. For more on The Bug Club, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook . Fri. 10 May  - Wrexham, UK - FOCUS Wales Sat. 11 May - Birmingham, UK - The Castle & Falcon Sun. 12 May - Brighton, UK - Komedia (Matinee) Sun. 12 May - Brighton, UK - Komedia (Evening) Fri. 17 May - Clitheroe, UK - The ...